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E. J. VIGKERS.

ACCOUNT FILE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 191

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ACCOUNT-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914:.

Application filed November 27, 1912. Serial No. 733,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. Vroxnns,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Comerstown, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Account-File, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in account files, the primary object of the invention being the provision of means for filing account slips or other papers or documents, said means beingvery compact and protective to papers and documents, while at the same time they are so disposed as to be readily selected and re moved from the file.

The present invention is of the same general nature as that for which Letters Patent Nos. 881,363 and 992,299 were granted March 10, 1908 and May 16, 1911, respectively, and the present invention comprises numerous improvements in the structures disclosed in said Letters Patent.

In the present invention, the rotatable series of holding members or trays, are retained, the selecting means being so improved as to render the removal of the trays more easy and exact.

Used in connection with the rotatable holding members is an index device, which is so connected as to be rotated and simultaneously select according to the visual indication thereupon the desired tray, there being used in connection with this structure, the combined tray and drum look as set forth in the U. S. Patent No. 1,061,340 dated May 13, 1913, to insure the proper operation of the present invention.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings'Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete account file according to and embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, a portion of the casing being broken away'to show the position of the parts when in normal position. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the parts in the position they assume when the drums are locked against rotation and a tray is extracted. Fig. is a section taken on line 4- 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a rear end view of one of the tray extractors. Fig. 6 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 77 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 88 of Fig. 6.,

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the casing which may be of any suitable shape to inclose the filing trays to be described hereinafter, and as shown in the aforementioned patents. Within this casing there is journaled a shaft 2 upon which are mounted in this instance two drums 3, each of which is provided with its series of radially disposed arms at of the general construction as shown in the aforementioned two Letters Patents.

Each arm 4: is designed to support a tray 5 of general rectangular shape and they are disposed to accommodate slips or other papers to be introduced into the cabinet or casing 1. Disposed to rotate with the shaft between the drums 3 is a disk 6, whose periphery is provided with the teeth 7 disposed to coact with the locking device 8, which is similar to the device shown in the Patent No. 1,061,340 dated May 13, 1913, the same being so disposed as to lock the tray extractor 9 by engaging the. notch 9' 1 thereof when the drums 3 are being rotated,

and to lock the drums against rotation by engaging the teeth 7 of the disk 6 when a tray is being extracted or in the position as shown in Fig. 3.

The tray extractor is slidably mounted as in the Patent No. 992,299, and in the present instance carries the casing 10 in which is slidably mounted the pin 11 having the spring 11 and the operating knob 12 disposed exteriorly of the extractor and connected through the medium of the two links 13 with the pivoted tray engaging arms 1d, whose hooked ends 15 are disposed to project through the inner face of the extractor plate 16 to engage the knob 17 of the tray to be extracted.

Fig. 6 illustrates the extractor in the position it normally assumes during the rotation of the drums 3, while Fig. 7 illustrates the extractor in the position it assumes when the knob 12 is being pulled outwardly to extract a tray, the hooked end 15 being placed in engagement with the knob 17 of the tray. In order to lock the rod 11 in the position as shown in Fig. (3, the spring projected pin 18 is carried by the casing and has its lower end disposed to coact with a bracket 19 carried by the rod 11, the head 20 being carried by the pin 18 to permit of the operation of the same so that the arms 14k may be moved to the posltlon as shown in Fig. 7 to engage the tray to extract the same ing opposite and in such position that its knob 17 will be in the path to be engaged by the hooked ends 15 of the arms lt and the knobf12 is pulled upon as in the position as shown in Fig. 7. At the same time, the lock 8 has released the extractor and permits the same to assume the position as shown in Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 2, the locking device is in the position it assumes when looking the extractor 9 while the disk 6 is free to rotate.

It has been found desirable that some means be provided whereby the exact location of the trays may be maintained relatively to an indicating device, so that the tray desired to be extracted may be positioned directly in line for engagement with one of the extractors 9, and while in.the Letters Patent No. 992,299, a means has been shown, it has been illustrated in practice that the most practical manner of accomplishing this is by the mechanism shown in the present case, in which the sprocket 21 is mounted upon the shaft 2 and has trained thereover a chain 22, which is also trained over a sprocket 23 mounted upon the indicator-carrying shaft 24:. This shaft 2et as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 is carried in brackets 25 mounted upon the upper forward portion of the casing 1 and at its respective outer ends is provided with the disks 26 whereby the shaft maybe manually operated and thus through the sprockets 21 and 23 rotate the shaft 2 and the two tray carrying drums 3. Keyed upon the shaft 24 between the brackets, are the two index carrying drums 27, one for each of the drums 3, and printed thereon are removable indices which correspond with the respective trays of the drums 3, there being a similar number of indices upon each drum 27 to corre spond with the trays in its respective drum 8. Disposed exteriorly of. and in pointing relation to the respective drums 27, are the pointer arms 28, which are so mounted that when they indicate or point to a certain index upon the drum 27, its respective drum 3 will present the tray of the indicated index in line to be engaged by the hooked ends 15 of the extractor arms 14, when the knob 12 is manipulated from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 7

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the opera tion of the present account file is readily understood, but assuming the parts to be in the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is desired to select and extract a certain file, either one of the disks 26 is rotated and consequently the drums 3 are rotated, and when the desired drum 27 presents an index to be selected in line with the pointer 28,

the operator halts the shaft 25 and the tray to be extracted is then disposed in alinement with the extractor 9, or in a position to be engaged by the extracting arms 14 when the knob 12 is withdrawn. Before the pulling outwardly upon the extractor 9, to extract the file, the lock device 8 is moved so that the disk 6 is engaged to prevent the same from being rotated while the extractor 9 is released to permit of its movement from the position as shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3. The selected tray will now be extracted exteriorly of the casing 1. The positioning of the parts to normal position, simply necessitates the pushing of the extractor and its tray and the manipulation of the locking device 8 so as to release the disk 6 and engage the extractor 9 and the parts will again be in the position to have the drums 3 rotated through the medium of the indicating drums 27 and their shaft 25..

By this construction of selecting mechanism, a readily accessible mechanism is provided, and one that is simpler and less expensive to manufacture than that shown in Letters Patent No. 992,299, the present structure, in reality, being a refinement of the structures heretofore patented and the pending application referred to.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. In an account file, the combination of a rotatable tray carrying drum, a plurality of radially slidable trays mounted therein, each of said trays being provided with a knob projecting exteriorly of the drum, and an extractor for extracting a single tray at a time, including a slidably mounted member, a pair of pivoted tray knob engaging arms mounted in said member, a knob carrying pin mounted slidably in said member for controlling the movement of the tray knob engaging arms, said tray knob engaging arms being placed in engagement with the knob of the tray when the knob of the pin is moved outwardly and the extractor is simultaneously moved therewith, and a spring actuated manually released lock for locking the tray knob engaging arms extended.

2. In an account file, the combination with a rotary tray carryin drum, and a plurality of trays radially disposed and slidably mounted therein, of an extractor for the trays, including a slidaloly mounted plate, another plate carried at right angles thereto, a casing mounted upon the exterior face of the last plate, a spring retracted slidably mounted rod mounted in the casing and carrying a knob upon the outer end thereof, a pair of pivoted tray engaging arms mounted in the casing and having the tray engaging ends thereof disposed to project in the path of to engage a single tray at a time When the pin is pulled outwardly, and a spring actuated manually released means for locking the arm actuating rod in its innermost position to hold the tray engaging arms extended.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alfixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' EDW'IN J. VIOKERS.

Witnesses:

J. D. LEWIs, A. RAINSBERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, I). G. 

